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Drawing, Clouds over the Catskills, Hudson, New York

This is a Drawing. It was created by Frederic Edwin Church. It is dated September 1867 and we acquired it in 1917. Its medium is graphite on light green laid paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This object was donated by Louis P. Church. It is credited Gift of Louis P. Church.

Its dimensions are

12.5 × 17.5 cm (4 15/16 × 6 7/8 in.)

It is inscribed

Inscribed: in graphite, upper left: 3 - Dark purple / 4 - smoky blue grey dark - / 5 - delicate rosy bloom; in graphite, center left: 4 4; in graphite, center: 4; in graphite, center right: 3 / green; in graphite, lower center: Dark purple; in graphite, lower right: smoky / orange; in graphite, verso upper right: Open; in graphite, verso center: light; in graphite, lower left: 2 / 2 / 2 lightning; in graphite, lower right: September 1869 / Farm

Cite this object as

Drawing, Clouds over the Catskills, Hudson, New York; Frederic Edwin Church (American, 1826–1900); USA; graphite on light green laid paper; 12.5 × 17.5 cm (4 15/16 × 6 7/8 in.); Gift of Louis P. Church; 1917-4-1039

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